Joe Biden: I don’t know if Vice President Biden will run for president but Hillary Clinton needs him to run—hear me out. Junior Senator Barrack Obama got into a serious fight for the nomination with Clinton. The battle sharpen the skills of both candidates. Many voters felt that young Obama wasn’t ready to be leader of the free world; he had not put in the required time on the national stage. But, the primary battle proved his steel.

Joe Biden could be to Clinton want Clinton was to Obama. Yes, she is ready and experienced enough to be president but she needs a seasoned sparring partner.

Jeb Bush: The Republicans need to stop playing—stop it, I say…now. Let me make one thing perfectly clear…read my lips….Jeb Bush is the only Republican with a real chance of defeating Hillary Clinton in the general election. If you notice, Bush has an “I don’t need this crap” air about him. He is the grown person in the room and to flirt with Trump and the others leading in the polls today is insulting to a leader of his caliber.

A Jeb Bush/John Kasich ticket is the best case scenario because the former House Budget Committee chair is the governor of swing state Ohio and both men intelligently tell far Right conservatives when their fervor is too much. Maybe Bush isn’t suited to be the nom from a party increasing dominated by folks who dig Trump-like rhetoric.

Hillary Clinton: The biggest obstacle to Hillary Clinton winning the White House isn’t the Republicans pulling voters from her. The obstacle or concern is getting out people who normally vote for the Democrat nominee. If you notice, I didn’t say Democrats because many of the sometimes voters who put President Obama in office aren’t “card carrying, meetings attending” proud members of the Blue Team. I think of it as how dedicated are University of Georgia football fans compared to UGA basketball fans.

So, Bill Clinton, Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton reach the people based in part on who they are personally rather than the power of the party as a cohesive operation (like the Republicans.) Dem leaders think their base will vote for their nom (Hillary) as an only option because to GOP nom is head of a party with a crazy sub-division. However, there is another option: stay home. Say what, real Americans like me vote in every election including a run-off for local dog catcher.

But after the high of having Barrack Obama in the Oval, the next move for some people will be to look for non-governmental solutions because even the smoothest president in history couldn’t fixed your jacked-up life. “….as not what this country can do for you…..”

Hurricane Farrakhan: Minister Louis Farrakhan is about to return to Washington, D.C., for a rally commemorating the historic Million Man March. Team Hillary should be concerned….very, very concerned because the platform of the DNC seems to be based on governmental assistance rather than encouraging all Americans to step their personal games up. If you notice the personal responsibility message to the Black community has always been the core of Farrakhan’s and Malcolm X’s missions.

These young Blacks today are information savvy and recognize that the Democrats aren’t producing results. They want straight talk and clear solutions. When Farrakhan finishes his indictment on “Brother Barrack”’s political party, 20% of the Obamacrats might blow off the next presidential election and that would be a mistake.

Team Hillary has countless Ivy League nerds with charts, polls and algorithms. If those cats join with the bishops from the Black churches and folks who marched with King, they won’t create a message that will sense to regular people.

While the official Hillary campaign can’t address certain issues in certain ways, they better hope that outside operations come up with an approach similar to this blog’s Best Interest Initiative.

Secretary Hillary Clinton becoming president could come down to getting out the Democrat base in November 2016 and that won’t be easy because something fresh and different must be crafted. Yes, she is a thousand times better for our community than most of the GOP candidates but that isn’t enough. Democrats must frame their approach to our community post-Obama.

History will remember Barrack as a great president—one of my three favorites of all times. We remember that candidate Obama said he wasn’t running to be the president of Black America and he was correct; he is the president of the all of America. With that said, Blacks can finally see that who is in high office is secondary to what we do for self. John F. Kennedy said “ask not what this country can do for you….ask what you can do for this country.” What you can do is stop messing up and stop waiting for the government to fix your life.

At church yesterday, the head of the Stewards Board made a brief speech that centered on our community now being free but stated that with freedom has come a freedom to rob, kill, steal and do other detrimental things.

I have been saying for years that we are our own worst enemies. In the post-Obama era, we need an honest and frank discussion about how we carry ourselves. Hillary Clinton’s campaign could go the way of Al Gore’s if the Black community doesn’t feel that voting is important. After everything the Clinton/Gore White House did for regular people, these same people didn’t feel the need to vote for Al Gore…unbelievable.

So, the zillions of dollars that will be in the elect Hillary movement should be used in part to explain to our community that Democrats are about us more than the GOP. No, Blacks won’t vote for the Republican nominee because the crazy part of their party keeps us away but Blacks might stay home.

Surprisingly, Rachel Dolezal and Louis Farrakhan could tilt the balance of power in a way similar to Elian Gonzalez and Al Gore. Remember, the Cuban boy who was sent back to Cuba by the Clinton Administration. I knew right then that this issue would determine who would be president and the election came down to south Florida, pregnant chads and all that drama.

Rachel Dolezal is a White civil rights activist who decided at some point to self-identify as Black. There have always been White Americans doing serious work for the advancement of racial equality; their efforts and achievements exceed those of most Black people. But, she should have said I am White technically but Black culturally.

The presidential campaign problem is this: Dolezal felt the need to become Black because she likely knew that Blacks are weary of non-Blacks telling us how to feel, think and action. You know we all loved Bill Clinton as the first socially Black president until we actually had a Black presidential candidate. Remember, all hell broke loose when the Clintons tried to tell their long-time Black friends that being with Hillary was the thing to do. But, we (yes, me included) said Obama is special…not because he is Black but because he is just special….Washington, Lincoln, JFK, special. Oh, Bill Clinton is one of my favorite presidents of all-time but he couldn’t get me away from Barack.

In the South, Blacks now make up most of the Democrat Party because most rural Whites (former Dixiecrats) bounced for the GOP. However, the leadership of the Dem Party is still rich White people. In Georgia, I call them the Buckhead crew. The old saying goes “real power is who is at the table when the money is counted….not who is on the stage during the speeches.” The Buckhead crew eats and Blacks get the crumbs afterwards…just like the plantations of old. It’s based on color and that color is money green.

The Buckhead crew and the national DNC try to win in Georgia by getting out the vote in Atlanta. But Atlanta Blacks are too liberal to vote for moderate Dems like the recent U.S. Senate and governor candidates. That energy should have been spent getting out moderate to conservative Black voters in areas that support Rep. Sanford Bishop and former Rep. John Barrow. Hillary could win Georgia with non-Atlanta Blacks, White suburban moms and the ATL base. Rachel Dolezal has us thinking about who is at the top and that’s thinking that Hillary doesn’t need.

Minister Louis Farrakhan drives the Buckhead crew crazy because he could plant a seed of doubt with Blacks about Democrat leadership. First, Farrakhan’s views on Middle East and religion aren’t on the table in this blog post. Peace to all three Abrahamic faiths from this Black Methodist. I will say that Psalms 82 makes the Dems seem more in tune with Biblical teachings regarding the needy than the GOP.

Psalms 82

82 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

In the post Obama era, we remember that Farrakhan and Black nationalists have been encouraging Blacks to do for self, eschew governmental assistance and getting ourselves together for over half a century. Psalms 82 could play out today like this: help those who might become poor not become poor in the first place. Paul wrote that those who don’t work shouldn’t eat. Some feel that Democrats handouts since LBJ have limited Black growth. Farrakhan recently did a radio interview in preparation for another massive Washington rally and everyone on Hillary’s team should listen to the whole thing.

In the future, the conservative movement will realize that Farrakhan’s message to our community is similar to their message. Hillary Clinton has time to craft the next phase of our community’s relationship with the Democrat Party. The approach should be more about self-determination than assistance.